Awful Moviegoers Rant

People there's nothing I love more than going to a movie theater. I don't know why I like so much to be honest. Maybe it's the fact that for only a couple of bucks I can buy not only a ticket but a soda and a snack or maybe it's that I'm surrounding by other people who also love to go to the movies. But every once in a while there is someone or a group of people who think that the theater is their house or their friends house where they can just be as loud and as obnoxious as they want! I've actually wanted to do something like this for a while but I didn't have any bad theater experiences yet to really describe how awful some people are at a theater until early 2016 to now. So here they are my rant about bad moviegoers and my awful theater experiences.

February 12, 2016

So me and my friends are really excited because it's the day that Deadpool premieres and it looks like he'll finally get a proper adaption unlike whatever the hell that thing was in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. So me and my friends find some seats and around this time everybody in the theater can be loud because the lights haven't dim down, there's no trailers or commercials playing and the movie hasn't started yet. Now my friends and I aren't too loud were talking at a reasonable level but for whatever reason this guy in front of me turns around looks at us all pissed off and says in the most pompous way possible says "Hey can you guys keep it down. We drove three hours to get here". First off screw you guy were not doing anything to ruin your theater experience and second off where did you come from that it took you three hours to drive to Salem, Ohio? Like I said me and my friends are talking with our inside voices, we weren't shouting on the top of our lungs. The next thing I did was very nicely say okay. So yeah that guy annoyed me.

August 6, 2016

I'm with my Dad and Grandpa and were going to see Suicide Squad. It was part of what we jokingly call our "Guys Night Out". So were enjoying this okay movie and during the beginning of the third act for whatever reason this teenage girl right in front of us takes out her cellphone. My Grandpa smacks the back of her seat and tells her to put it away which she does. This bugged me because movie theaters not just my theater play like three ads telling you to silence your phone and if have to make or take a call or text go to the lobby. And I don't care if were reaching the end of a movie you don't take you phone out because you just gotta know if boyfriend or friend or who have it is liked your tweet or friended you on Facebook. Keep your phone in your pocket until the movie is over.

January 20, 2017


This is was a very exciting time for me because I'm going to see xXx: Return of Xander Cage which will be the first recently released movie I review for this blog. Now when I get my seat everything is going great everybody is quiet and nobody is causing a problem. But then during the middle of the first act some idiot across from me takes out is phone. This phone incident was especially annoying because before the studio's logos appeared on screen we just got through a message telling us not to play with our phones! Which part of that message didn't he understand? Also I was curious of what was on his phone that he just had to look at during the movie.



July 21, 2017


Valerian and The City of a Thousand Planets had finally arrived at my theater and from what I saw from the trailers it looked pretty good. Before the film started we saw a trailer for Thor: Ragnarok which I'm really looking forward to seeing. Then after it ended a lady shouted "That doesn't look like my type of movie!". Are you kidding me? Once again movie theaters always tell people to be quiet. What part of that do people not understand? Now at this rate your probably thinking I'm just complaining for the sake of complaining but I'm not. A movie theater is like a library you can talk but it has to be at a very very very low tone I think this technique is called whispering. That way your not bothering everybody else. It was also annoying because in the lobby she just got done telling a little girl she was with to be quiet when their in the theater room. Way to practice what you preach there lady.


July 28, 2017


This was the day I saw the most pointless animated movie I've ever saw that movie being The Emoji Movie. This was also the earliest I ever showed up to a screening. The movie didn't start until 1:30pm and I got there at 1:18pm so I had all the time to just relax too bad that wasn't going to be the case. At that screening their was also a family it was a mother with her three daughters. One of the kids was throwing a big tantrum because she didn't want to be there or she throught the movie looked stupid. And as much as I don't like to criticize other people's parenting skills this mother really didn't help all that much. This little girl kept crying and screaming about how she wanted to go home, the movie looks dumb, or she didn't want to be here. The mother would tell her to be quiet or she's grounded and when that didn't work she called there uncle and she would tell her to go to the lobby and wait for him. But when that didn't work she would actually try to bargain with her by saying she would give her a dollar if she went to the lobby and wait. This was so infuriating because if your kid is being bad you don't reward them with money. I can't not tell you how tempted I was to shout at this family to shut up! Luckily I kept my cool and the issue was resolved.




Are Kids Becoming Better Moviegoers?


I now I just got done ranting about an annoying little girl but there have been kids who I swear are better theater guess then the adults.



May 6, 2016

On this day me and my friend Brain got to leave from school early because it was a senior skip day. We decided to celebrate by seeing Captain America: Civil War. When we got their I spotted a father with his kid who was in his Captain America pajamas. I'm always worried because I always feel like a child is going to ruin the movie going experience but to my surprise he was very quiet. The only time I heard him was when he let out a excited giggle during the airport battle. Other than that giggle I forgot he was sitting behind me.


May 20, 2016

So this was the last day of being in high school and I thought it was a good idea to go see The Angry Birds Movie at I think it was 6:00pm or 6:30pm somewhere around that time. When I entered the lobby I saw a little boy jumping up and down and say "I can't wait to see The Angry Birds Movie" and he said this like three times. I kept thinking to myself oh boy this kid is going to be like this throughout the commercials, previews, and the movie itself isn't he?. Then when we entered the theater room he was as quiet as quiet can get. Even when the film was playing the only time I heard a peep out of him was during the comedic moments and that was it. When there wasn't a joke or when a serious moment happened he didn't say or do anything.



These two experiences with this two different kids who always get the stereotype that if their at a movie theater their going to be the bad ones were being better moviegoers than the adults. That is just sad. So people if your going to go to a movie theater shut up, turn off your phone, and be considerate of others will you. Anyhow that was my rant and I hope the rest of 2017 I never get people like this again.



State of The Project (Aug 17th - Sept 7th)


Aug 17th - Batman and Harley Quinn Review


Aug 21st - Road to Justice League - Justice League: Gods and Monsters Review


Aug 24th - Cinematic Disasters - Supergirl


Aug 28th - Raiders of The Lost Media - Star Wars Detours


Aug 31st - Awful Moviegoers Rant


Sept 4th - Road to Justice League - Justice League vs. Teen Titans Review


Sept 7th - What You Probably Didn't Know About Stephen King



NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU.

Raiders of The Lost Media - Star Wars Detours

Disclaimer: I could be wrong on some details. So take this post with a grain of salt.

Welcome back to Raiders of The Lost Media and this time I tell you about a cancelled Star Wars show. A show that I was actually looking forward to.

Part One - Star Wars Detours' Premise


The shows premise was described like this Star Wars Detours is an animated comedy that explores what daily life is like in a galaxy far, far away. There are no Empires striking back or attacking clones here. Instead Star Wars Detours focuses on the universe's regular folks and their everyday problems... which, to be fair do frequently involve famous bounty hunters, crazed Ewoks, and even a Dark Lord of the Sith. Welcome to Star Wars Detours the other side of the stars, between the wars. The show would have taken place between Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV: A New Hope. Detours would have had three general locations they would have been Coruscant, the Death Star, and Tatooine. Each skit for each episode was divided into three six-minute segments.



Part Two - Announcement & Production


Back in June, 2009 George Lucas revealed that a new animated Star Wars series was in development. In 2012 during Star Wars Celebration VI, it was announced that the new show would be a comedy series. Writers were hired from a number of sci-fi and comedy shows including writers from The Simpsons, Family Guy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, SpongeBob SqaurePants, and The Daily Show. Some of the animation for the series was done by The Monk Studio, a visual effects and animation studio located in Thailand, who previously worked with Lucasfilm on their animated movie Strange Magic. Star Wars Detours had a very big number of actors such as Ahmed Best (Jar Jar Binks), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Seth Green (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Catherine Taber (Princess Leia), Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian), and Seth McFarlane (Palpatine). The list also included Dee Bradley Baxer, Abraham Benrubi, Felicia Day, Donald Faison, Nat Faxon, Jennifer Hale, Zachary Levi, Joel McHale, Brekin Meyer, Dan Milano, Cree Summer, and Weird Al Yankovic, and Grey DeLisle, each of them had unspecific roles.



Part Three - Cancellation

On March 11, 2013, Lucasfilm announced that the series has been postponed what with the upcoming sequel trilogy after rethinking whether releasing a comedy series prior to the upcoming films "made sense". In 2014 Seth Green and Matthew Senreich producers for Star Wars Detours said that the series would eventually be released, but as of right now nothing about the show's future has been announced.

Part Four - Footage & Number of Episodes

In September of 2014, Seth Green said that their were 39 episodes completed along with 62 additional scripts finished. The only footage we have of the show is this trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMVrMP8us6Q and the other footage is from a YouTube channel named Star Wars HoloNet who has a playlist containing six videos of the show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYRHngrc4o0&list=PLoB-KOUbSNa4gIBsE6IwC6myvyscfGDGk.

So that concludes another Raiders of The Lost Media. Come back next time in September because for the first time ever this segment will talk about a lost comic book story arc.

State of The Project (Aug 14th - Sept 4th)

Aug 14th - Annabelle: Creation Review

Aug 17th - Batman and Harley Quinn Review

Aug 21st - Road to Justice League - Justice League: Gods and Monsters Review

Aug 24th - Cinematic Disasters - Supergirl

Aug 28th - Raiders of The Lost Media - Star Wars Detours

Aug 31st - Awful Moviegoers Rant

Sept 4th - Road to Justice League - Justice League vs. Teen Titans Review

NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU.

Cinematic Disasters - Supergirl

Supergirl is a 1984 British superhero film based on the DC Comics' character Supergirl. The film was the fourth movie in the Christopher Reeve series. It's produced by Artistry, Investors In Industry, Robert Fleming Leasing, and St. Michael Finance. Supergirl was distributed by TriStar Pictures and Columbia-EMI-Warner. The movie was written by David Odell and directed by Jeannot Szwarc.

The story is Argo City has lost it's power source the Omegahedron. Without it the city and Kryptonian's are doomed. So Kara-Zor El decides to take it upon herself to retrieve it before it's too late.

Before I start the review let me tell you a few things about the movie. Apparently Supergirl is so bad that is actually did finically worse than Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Supergirl grossed $14.3 million against it's $35 million budget where Superman IV: The Quest for Peace grossed $36.7 million against it's $17 million budget. The film also took the longest time to be put out on DVD. It wasn't released on DVD until 2006 and that was just because Superman Returns was coming out. The film is also so bad that even thought it's canon in the Christopher Reeve series it was never brought up or referenced in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.

My Thoughts

One thing that really confused me is Argo City. They show other Kryptonians are on a ship big enough for what looks like a small village. This brings up so many questions

1. Did Zaltor (one of Argo City's leading scientist in this film) also know about Krypton's destruction too? And if he did why didn't he work with Jor-El to help save their race?

2. On this ship we see that Kara's Mom and Dad are here and since their part of Superman's family did they even try to contact them? I'm pretty sure Jor-El and Lara would have loved to have heard the news that there's a ship big enough for them and their infant son.

3. Were they any more of this ships or is it just this one ship?

It's amazing how that was only the beginning of the movie and I already thought of three questions about this one scene.

The power source know as the Omegahedron can apparently do anything. It goes from creating life to giving plain normal people powers and is strong enough to power an entire colony ship. This is a bad thing because that just makes the Omegahedron one big lazy plot point.

The movie has a huge WTF moment in where we see Kara's ship fly towards Earth then when we get to Earth she's now in the water and when she jumps out she's already in her Supergirl costume. I'm not making that up it actually happened.

Our main villain is a witch named Selena and she has the absolute worse motivation I've ever heard in a movie. Her big motive is she wants to bang her gardener Ethan by any means necessary. That's not a joke that's her big scheme. She just wants to have sex with her young and handsome gardener nothing more nothing less.

The special effects in Supergirl are cheap. There are times in this movie when you can plainly tell the actors were in front on a green screen. Then there's probably the worse effect I've ever seen in a superhero movie. During the final fight between Supergirl and Selena. Selena summons a big demon or some kind of monster and it's stretches her. Get a load of this.

https://youtu.be/QzEeJyfL3Fw?t=126

If I was a studio executive or the director and I saw that. I would have pushed the films release date back until that effect was better or never release it because no way would that have been in theaters on my watch.

When Supergirl is discovering her powers there's a scene where she picks up a flower and uses her heat vision on it. Instead of it bursting into flames it blooms. Did the writers even know how heat vision works. When you use heat vision on a plant it will catch on fire not blossom.

Everyone in this movie is an idiot. I'm not saying that to be a jerk I actually mean everyone is an idiot. No one questions the fact the Supergirl is here or ask how is there another Kryptonian that has Superman's powers. There's also a scene where Selena makes a mountain appear in the middle of the town and again nobody questions it. They just look at the it like "oh there's now a mountain there...okay". Then there's this scene between Supergirl and two truckers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx9zm8WmYLk

Despite this woman picking up one trucker by his jaw then blowing him to a wooden fence so hard he goes threw it. The other trucker still thinks it's a good idea to take out his knife. Like I said before everyone in this movie is dumb.

When Supergirl goes after the Omegahedron a large majority of the time she not even looking for it. That thing powers her entire colony so without it they could all die so time is of the essence. But instead of doing that Kara decides to go to an all girl's school, hangout with friends, or do nothing. Way to endanger your entire race their Supergirl.

The acting in Supergirl is just bad. Before I tell you about everybody else's acting let me be a little positive for one moment I actually think Helena Slater did pretty good job as Kara-Zor El/Supergirl she was the highlight of this entire movie. But now onto everybody else. All the actors are either over the top or they have the right emotion but their facial expression just makes them looked bored.

Supergirl is one the worse if not the worse superheroine movie ever. The Omeghedron is just a plot convenience, the story isn't anything special, the villain's motive is terrible, every character is a moron, the special effects range from awful to laughable, and even thought Helena is good everybody else's acting is bad.

My final rating is Awful

So I hoped you enjoyed another Cinematic Disaster and you know what I've been picking on DC and their films a little too much. I think it's time I look at a bad Marvel movie. That film will 1990's Captain America. That review will be in September.

State of The Project (Aug 12nd - Aug 31st)

Aug 12nd - The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Review

Aug 14th - Annabelle: Creation Review

Aug 17th - Batman and Harley Quinn Review

Aug 21st - Road to Justice League - Justice League: Gods and Monsters Review

Aug 24th - Cinematic Disasters - Supergirl

Aug 28th - Raiders of the Lost Media - Star Wars Detours

Aug 31st - Awful Moviegoers Rant

NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU.

Road to Justice League - Justice League: Gods and Monsters Review

Note: This review contains spoilers. You have been warned.

Justice League: Gods and Monsters is a 2015 direct-to-video animated superhero film and is the twenty-fifth entery in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies. It's produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment and distributed by Warner Home Video. The film was written by Alan Burnett and Bruce Timm and directed by Sam Liu.


The story is scientists are being murdered by supposedly the Justice League. Now the League must find out who's committing these murders and why specific scientists are being targeted in order to clear their names.

• Negatives

I've got nothing to say. Let's move on.

• Mix

I've got nothing to say. Let's move on.

• Positives

One thing I absolutely love about this movie is the writers ideas for these alternate takes on Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman among many others. Superman is Zod's son & was raised by Mexican immigrants, Batman is a literally vampire, and Wonder Woman is woman named Bekka who was once part of the New Gods and has a sword with a Mother Box in it. They even have a good take on the Metal Men.

Another thing I liked was the origin stories to Batman and Wonder Woman. Batman was a scientist named Kirk Langstrom who was trying to cure he's cancer but things went wrong and he turned into a vampire. Bekka's story is she was going to marry Apokolips' prince Orion but their wedding was a set up to kill everyone in Apokolips so now she wants to run away from her past. I really felt bad for them and I hoped they would find peace one day.

There's actually a pretty good mystery revolving around who's killing these scientists. Throughout the movie your guessing who's committing this crime and why? Then when it was revealed who did I was a little surprised.


Gods and Monsters also has a great art style. Bruce Timm just did a fantastic job designing these characters and I never get tired of his work.


I also liked the voice acting. And since I play favorites I think Michael C. Hall as Kirk Langstrom/Batman was best out of everybody. I think what I liked about him was the deep voice he gave the character.


This is also another DC animated movie with awesome action scenes. My favorite was the final fight during the third act. That part of the movie got me really excited.



Justice League: Gods and Monsters is one of my many favorites in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies library. It has a very different take on the Trinity among other DC characters, Wonder Woman and Batman have great origin stories, an interesting mystery, a good art style, I liked Michael C. Hall as Kirk Langstrom, and the action is spectacular.



My final rating is A Must Watch



State of The Project (Aug 7th - Aug 24th)


Aug 7th - A Look Back at The Nut Job (2014)


Aug 10th - Raiders of The Lost Media - Mythbusters - Cannibal Mouse (NSFW)


Aug 12th - The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Review


Aug 14th - Annabelle: Creation Review


Aug 17th - Batman and Harley Quinn Review


Aug 21st - Road to Justice League - Justice League: Gods and Monsters Review


Aug 24th - Cinematic Disasters - Supergirl




NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU

Batman and Harley Quinn Review

Batman and Harley Quinn is an animated superhero film and the twenty-ninth film in the DC Universe Animated Original Movie series. It's produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. The film is written by Bruce Timm and Jim Krieg and directed by Sam Liu.


The story is Poison Ivy and the Floronic Man have teamed up and they plan to turn people into plants. Batman and Nightwing have no choice but to form an alliance with Harley Quinn because she might have an idea of Poison Ivy's whereabouts.

• Negatives

One thing I hated about Batman and Harley Quinn was how Floronic Man was defeated. I won't give it away because I'm doing a non-spoiler review. I'll just say this it was very anti-climatic.

Another thing I didn't like was Poison Ivy and Floronic Man's big master plan. It was just turn people into plants and if the formula was wrong everyone dies. It's was just a generic plot.

I did not like the mid-credit and post-credit scenes. They just didn't add anything good to the story or entertain me.

• Mix

Now onto my feelings about Melissa Rauch as Harley Quinn. In all honesty I thought she did a decent job. She doesn't do a bad job as the character she's just okay. Yes it would have been great to have Tara Strong or Arleen Sorkin but I'm just glad Rauch didn't sound awful.

• Positives

One thing I loved about the movie was the humor. I wasn't expecting to laugh as much as I did throughout this film. So points for that.

There's a musical number where Harley sings Hanging on The Telephone. It was a very fun and enjoyable part of the movie.

Kevin Conroy and Loren Lester were the best actors here. It was so great to hear them play Batman and Nightwing again. Especially since they haven't been together as these characters since Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu back in 2003.

Like The Lego Batman Movie and Batman: Return of The Caped Crusaders there's easter eggs sprinkled throughout the movie. One of those being the ever so famous Batusi.

The final positive to give this movie is the animation. It looks like the classic Batman: The Animated Series designs but if they were made for HD. Which can give a nice nostalgic feeling.

Batman and Harley Quinn's weaknesses are Floronic Man's defeat being completely lame, an overused plot for the main villains, and a weak mid and post-credit scene. Melissa Rauch does an alright job as Harley Quinn. It's best strengths are the humor, Harley Quinn's musical number, Kevin Conroy and Loren Lester as our main heroes, cliver easter eggs, and well done animation.

My final rating is Okay

State of The Project (Aug 7th - Aug 24th)

Aug 7th - A Look Back at The Nut Job (2014)

Aug 10th - Raiders of The Lost Media - Mythbusters - Cannibal Mouse (NSFW)

Aug 12th - The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Review

Aug 14th - Annabelle: Creation Review

Aug 17th - Batman and Harley Quinn Review

Aug 21st - Road to Justice League - Justice League: Gods and Monsters Review

Aug 24th - Cinematic Disasters - Supergirl

NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU.

Annabelle: Creation Review

Annabelle: Creation is a supernatual horror film and it's the prequel to Annabelle and the fourth film in The Conjuring universe. It's produced by New Line Cinema, Atomic Monster Productions, The Safran Company, and RatPac Entertainment. Annabelle: Creation was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film is written by Gary Dauberman and directed by David F. Sandberg.

The story is former toy maker Samuel Mullins and his wife Esther have let a nun and six orphaned girls live in their house. Then one of the girls find what seems to be an innocent doll but they soon discover that it's not what it seems to be.

• Negatives

One of my biggest complaints is the jump scares. I absolutely hate jump scares in a horror movie whether it's good, decent, or bad. It's just one of the most cheapest methods to scare an audience with.

• Mix

I've got nothing to say. Let's move on.

• Positives

This film does something that the previous Annabelle movie lacked and that was atmosphere. Throughout the movie you get an uneasy feeling.

The backstory to how Annabelle came to be was pretty good. I don't want to give it away all I'm going to say is it is a satisfying origin.

Despite me complaining about all the jump scares there are some moments that are terrifying. One moment that scared the hell out of me was when Janice was being chased by a demon. That was an intense scene.

Another thing to like about Annabelle: Creation is the performances. Usually I play favorites when it comes to acting but here I think everybody did a great job.

The movie also did an excellent job expanding The Conjuring franchise. I'm not going to give any spoilers. All I'll say is if your a fan of this series I think you'll get excited about the ending and a special post-credit scene setting up the next Conjuring spin-off.

Annabelle: Creation has incredible atmosphere, a pretty good backstory to the Annabelle doll, good scary moments, all the actors gave great performances, and the film really helped expand the series' world. The only problem I had with it was the jump scares.

My final rating is Good

State of The Project (Aug 7th - Aug 24th)

Aug 7th - A Look Back at The Nut Job (2014)

Aug 10th - Raiders of The Lost Media - Mythbusters - Cannibal Mouse (NSFW)

Aug 12th - The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Review

Aug 14th - Annabelle: Creation Review

Aug 17th - Batman and Harley Quinn Review

Aug 21st - Road to Justice League - Justice League: Gods and Monsters Review

Aug 24th - Cinematic Disasters - Supergirl

NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU.

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Review

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature is a 3D animated comedy film and the sequel to the 2014 film The Nut Job. It's produced by Open Road Films, ToonBox Entertainment, Gulfstream Pictures, and Red Rover Intention and distributed by Open Road Films. It's written by Cal Brunker, Bob Barlen, and Scott Bindley and directed by Cal Brunker.

The story is Surly and his friends are enjoying their lives at the park. But Oakton City's mayor wants to bulldoze it and replace it with an unsafe amusement park. To stop this Surly and his friends team up with a territorial street mouse gang leader Mr. Feng to stop the mayor's plan.

• Negatives

One of the biggest things I couldn't stand in this film was the Mayor's daughter. She was unbearable throughout the whole thing. She was always speaking in this high-pitched bratty voice it was hard to listen to her speak.

Another thing I didn't like was the Mayor. He was just your typical generic villain. He was so generic that he evilly laughs after the end of his diabolical sentences. I'm not kidding I swear he did that like six times.

There was this incredibly gross scene involving Frankie (the Mayor's daughter's dog) and Precious and their own vomit. I'm just gonna leave it at that.

• Mix

In the first movie Surly was a very questionable protagonist. He is kind of like in the first maybe 10 minutes but then through the rest of the movie he's definitely a huge improvement from the previous film.

The Humor is 50/50. Their are jokes that will get a laugh out of you and other times you can tell when a joke is coming.

• Positives

We get a pretty good story of how Surly and Buddy became friends. I'm not lying I actually enjoyed that backstory.

Like the first movie this one has good animation. I'm still amazed by how the animators put some effort with the animals fur.

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature while still isn't a great animated movie you can still watch it and find something enjoyable. My only problems were the annoying daughter, the Mayor being a stock bad guy, and that vomit scene with the dogs. The grey areas are Surly's personality and the humor. The best parts are how Buddy and Surly became friends and the animation.

My final rating is Okay

State of The Project (Aug 7th - Aug 24th)

Aug 7th - A Look Back at The Nut Job (2014)

Aug 10th - Raiders of The Lost Media - Mythbusters - Cannibal Mouse (NSFW)

Aug 12th - The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Review

Aug 14th - Annabelle: Creation Review

Aug 17th - Batman and Harley Quinn Review

Aug 21st - Road to Justice League - Justice League: Gods and Monsters Review

Aug 24th - Cinematic Disasters - Supergirl

NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU.

Raiders of The Lost Media - Mythbusters - Cannibal Mouse (NSFW)

Disclaimer: I could be wrong on some details. So take this post with a grain of salt.


Warning: The Subject I'm About To Tell You Is Very Distributing. If You Are Squeamish I Recommend You Leave Now!

Welcome back to Raiders of the Lost Media and boy is today's topic...dark.

Part One - What Was Mythbusters?

Mythbusters was a science show that would take a myth and replicate it. When the experiment was over there would be three outcomes Busted meaning the myth can’t be replicated, Plausible meaning the myth can be copied but you might have to change a few things and Confirmed meaning the myth can be recreated. The show ran from Jan 23, 2003 to Mar 6, 2016 having a grand total of 15 seasons and 282 episodes.

Part Two - The Cannibal Mouse

In 2006 for Episode 55 of the show titled Steam Cannon had one myth which was saying there's more nutrition in cardboard than cereal. During a Q&A session with Adam Savage he said there was an experiment that never made it to air. According to him they had three lab mice in three different groups. Group 1 was mice eating normal mice food, Group 2 were mice eating sugary cereal and Group 3 were mice eating cardboard box pellets. During this experiment Jamie noticed that the cardboard group were acting strange. Then when the came back they saw that the one of the cardboard mice ate the other two mice.





Part Three - Forever Banned

Due to it's distributing nature Discovery refused to let that part of the episode air. In an interview Adam admits to showing a rough cut of it at "Northern Michigan Tech" probably meaning either Northern Michigan University or Michigan Tech University. When Discovery found out they told Adam to never show the segment again. Because that part of the episode shows graphic animal violence it's very unlikely that Discovery will ever let this resurface mainly because Mythbusters has always tried to keep it family-friendly and not show harm to any kind of living beings.

Part Four - Adam Tells All

Nothing to say here just thought I should give you a link to which Adam talks about the experiment https://youtu.be/ziQWDnFSPt8




So what I told was pretty gruesome but don't worry next Raiders of The Lost Media will be more light hearted next time. I know exactly what I have in mind but all I'm going to do is give a a hint. The next post will be something about Star Wars.

State of The Project (Aug 3rd - Aug 17th) - I've slightly changed the schedule. My Cinematic Disaster review for Supergirl will be released on August 24th. Instead of it's original date of August 14th.

Aug 3rd - Underrated Films - The Nice Guys Review

Aug 5th - Sorry There's Nothing Here

Aug 7th - A Look Back at The Nut Job (2014)

Aug 10th - Raiders of the Lost Media - Mythbusters - Cannibal Mouse (NSFW)

Aug 12th - The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Review

Aug 14th - Annabelle: Creation Review

Aug 17th - Batman and Harley Quinn Review

NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU.

A Look Back at The Nut Job (2014)

Before I get into the review let me explain something. I'm reviewing this because there's a sequel coming out this Friday and I thought I should get familiar with it's predecessor. That way when I see The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature I'll understand who these characters are and what their previous adventure was.



The Nut Job is a 2014 3D animated comedy heist film based on Peter Lepeniotis' 2005 short film Surly Squirrel. It's produced by Red Rover International, ToonBox Entertainment, and Gulfstream Entertainment. The film was distributed by Open Road Films. It was written by Peter Lepeniotis and Lorne Cameron and directed by Peter Lepeniotis.



The story is Surly has accidentally destroyed a supply of food for the winter. Now he has been banished from Liberty Park then during his banishment he finds a nut shop. He later hatches a plan to steal all of the nuts in that shop.

• Negatives

One issue I have with The Nut Job is our main hero Surly. It was really hard for me to root for him because he was so mean spirited. Now having mean spirited characters can actually work if done right but it doesn't work here.


Speaking of characters. I really didn't care that much about any of them. Mainly because we seen these character traits before. Surly is obviously our hero, his friend Buddy is he's mute sidekick, a female squirrel named Andy is the one who cares for others and will eventually become Surly's girlfriend. All that stuff.

Maya Rudolph plays a pug named Precious and I felt like she was miscasted. The reason is I didn't think her voice would come out of that dog. I don't know if that was the point but it just didn't feel right with me.

One thing that drove me crazy was they played the song Gangnam Style not once but twice. This doesn't work because one it's an awful song and two it shouldn't be here because the movie looks like it takes place in the 1940s or 1950s. Using that song in the movie was a stupid idea.

• Mix

The movie's humor is a mix bag. While it does have some jokes or gags that made me laugh other times the jokes were predictable.

• Positives

The only thing I really appreciated in this movie was the animation. It's not something that would give Disney a run for it's money but it is done quite well. The fur textures on all the animals are great.

The Nut Job's main problems are not making Surly likeable, bland characters, miscasting Maya Rudolph, and for whatever reason using the song Gangnam Style. The humor is passable but could have done better. The best thing about it though is it's animation.

My final rating is Bad But Harmless

State of The Project (Aug 3rd - Aug 17th)

Aug 3rd - Underrated Films - The Nice Guys Review

Aug 5th - Sorry There's Nothing Here

Aug 7th - A Look Back at The Nut Job (2014)

Aug 10th - Raiders of The Lost Media - Mythbusters - Cannibal Mouse (NSFW)

Aug 12th - The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Review

Aug 14th - Cinematic Disasters - Supergirl

Aug 17th - Batman and Harley Quinn Review

NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU.

Sorry There's Nothing Here

So unfortunately I've got some bad news. The news being there's nothing for me to review because I was really hoping the theater I go to would show a new movie like The Dark Tower or Detroit but that's not the case. Instead their showing Dunkirk. Now I'm not surprised by this to be honest. They always have a "filler movie" whenever they decided not to show something new. For any of you don't know a filler movie is term I made up to describe a movie that's being shown at a theater just so it can fill out the schedule for an actual new movie. So anyhow just wanted to inform you why there's nothing here but this apology but don't worry on Monday I'll have a review.


State of The Project (Jul 31st - Aug 14th)


Jul 31st - Thank You For The 1,700 Views and Plans for August & September


Aug 3rd - Underrated Films - The Nice Guys Review


Aug 5th - Sorry There's Nothing Here


Aug 7th - A Look Back at The Nut Job (2014)


Aug 10th - Raiders of The Lost Media - Mythbusters - Cannibal Mouse (NSFW)


Aug 12th - The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Review


Aug 14th - Cinematic Disasters - Supergirl




NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU.

Underrated Films - The Nice Guys Review

The Nice Guys is a 2016 neo-noir action comedy produced by Silver Pictures, Waypoint Entertainment, and RatPac-Dune Entertainment. The film's distributor is Warner Bros. Pictures. The movie was written by Shane Black and Anthony Bagarozzi and directed by Shane Black.

The story is private eye Holland March and enforcer Jackson Healy team up to find a missing a girl named Amelia Kuttner. During their investigation they discover she's somehow connected to the death of adult film star Misty Mountains.

Why It's Underrated

While the movie did do well critical many critics putting it on their best movies of 2016 and there was plenty of marketing the biggest problem was not many people saw it. The film's budget was $50 million but it only grossed $57.3 million. Which infuriates me because I hear so people both online and in public say Hollywood isn't being creative but then an original movie comes out and hardly any of them support it.

Why It's Worth Watching

Now like I said before this movie is it's own original thing. It's not based on a book, a previous established film series, or an old TV show it's original. Don't get me wrong I do like whenever there's a new superhero movie but it just feels like a breath of fresh air when filims like this come out.

This film is hilarious. There are so many scenes that had me balling. One of my favorites is when Holland and Jackson are at a protest trying to get information. I'm not going to give too much away you just have to watch it. My words just aren't enough.

One thing that really surprised me was the chemistry between Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe. They did so well together that I wish their characters would so up again for a sequel.

The film's mystery does a good job keeping you interested. Some things revolving around the death of Misty Mountains took turns I didn't expect.

My biggest praise for The Nice Guys is it took it's time developing Holland and Jackson's friendship. It wasn't "oh your working on the same case I am. Well let's team-up and be friends". Nothing like that at all. There are scenes were their not evening talking about the case they just sit down and get to know each other.

Accomplishments

Even though the film didn't get the right amount of money it was nominated for many awards. The AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards nominated it for Best Buddy Picture, Critics' Choice Awards nominated it for both Beat Comedy & Best Actor in a Comedy, and the Empire Awards had it nominated for three awards Best Comedy, Beat Female Newcomer, and Best Screenplay. The Nice Guys' biggest accolades were it own 4th place in the Golden Tomato Awards for Best Comedy Movie(2016) and Ryan Gosling won Best Comedic Performance by the San Diego Film Critic Society.

So I hoped you all enjoyed another edition of Underrated Films. I do plan to do another one I just don't know what the next film will be. Once I find the right movie I'll tell you. Also I've got some bad news to tell you on Saturday.

State of The Project (Jul 29th - Aug 12th)

Jul 29th - The Emoji Movie Review

Jul 31st - Thank You For The 1,700 Views and Plans for August & September

Aug 3rd - Underrated Films - The Nice Guys Review

Aug 5th - Sorry There's Nothing Here

Aug 7th - A Look Back at The Nut Job (2014)

Aug 10th - Raiders of the Lost Media - Mythbusters - Cannibal Mouse (NSFW)

Aug 12th - The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Review

NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU.